A brother’s advice not enough to save Damian

BEFORE he died, Damian Meehan phoned his firefighter brother, Eugene, for a bit of advice.

He was in a burning building, the fire was below him and it was a long way down to get out. Eugene told him not to panic, to check out the stairwells and to make his exit as fast as he could.

Below him was a towering inferno, above him a sealed-off roof. Only a miracle could have saved Damian.